Beautiful OOPS

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Then, encourage the students to turn the blobs of paint into something beautiful by adding their own touches on them! In this book, every page begins with a 'mistake' that ultimately unravels, lifts out, or pulls up to become a surprising work of beauty.

Barney Saltzberg is the author and illustrator of close to 50 books for children, including Beautiful Oops! Not just for perfectionists, this book is for anyone who wants to be more creative, more open to possibilities. I have always liked books that can help keep children from beating themselves up over silly little things.Kids see firsthand as they go through the book that any smudge, smear or stain can lead to something absolutely marvelous – with a little imagination. You could even invite students to come up to pull the different tabs to demonstrate a mess turning into a masterpiece! I bought it for my nephew who was going through a phase of only wanting to do things if he was perfect at doing them - I hope it helped him see the beauty in mistakes too! This would be a great book to use in my Kindergarten classroom where students are sometimes fearful of completing work because they are worries they will make a mistake.

Unique in every respect, this book is full of pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and more, each demonstrating how blunders can become wonders.His books have won numerous awards, including NAPPA Gold Awards, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Starred Reviews.

is filled with pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and even an accordion “telescope”—each demonstrating the magical transformation from blunder to wonder. Really fun idea but not sure of who its audience is meant to be -not sophisticated enough for adults and too many parts to destroy for little ones! Kids see firsthand as they go through the book that any smudge, smear or stain can lead to something absolutely marvellous - with a little imagination. In this book, every page begins with a ‘mistake’ that ultimately unravels, lifts out, or pulls up to become a surprising work of beauty.

Barney is passionate about working with children, parents, teachers, organizations on the art of making mistakes and finding play and creativity in our everyday lives. It'll definitely be getting the sequel and really hope it's a book that my kids end up reading to their kids.

This book helped him realize that he can make something beautiful from accidents and that mistakes are ok. This is definitely a WOW book for me because I was surprised by every page at the way the author and illustrator turned each mistake into something beautiful. Kids see firsthand as they go through the book that any smudge, smear or stain can lead to something absolutely marvelous - with a little imagination. a fill-in artist’s journal), Barney Saltzberg’s books show young readers how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful. Various spills and blobs are transformed into animals, a crumpled piece of paper becomes wool for a sheep, and in the book's standout scene, a panel with a hole in the center telescopes outward, accordion-style, to reveal a tiny creature way at the bottom.

A singular work of imagination, creativity, and paper engineering, Beautiful Oops is filled with pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and even an accordion telescope each demonstrating the magical transformation from blunder to wonder. Finding your creative spark can be challenging for an adult and it may be even harder for your little reader; which is why these ten lovely pictures books are perfect for helping to foster and develop creativity in children. There is also a YouTube video of the book with a perfect song (also titled: "Beautiful Oops") in the background: http://www. He’s obsessed with it so much so that I’ve bought another copy to give to his grandad so it’s always there and they can read it together.